What is CVE-2020-8788?

CVE-2020-8788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synaptivemedical Clearcanvas, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-8788?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-8788 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Synaptivemedical Clearcanvas

CVE-2020-8788

Synaptive Medical ClearCanvas ImageServer 3.0 Alpha allows XSS (and HTML injection) via the Default.aspx UserName parameter. NOTE: the issues/227 reference does not imply that the affected product can be downloaded from GitHub. It was simply a convenient location for a public bug report.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Synaptivemedical Clearcanvas — versions 3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

JoshuaProvoste/joshuaprovoste

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8788?: CVE-2020-8788 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synaptivemedical Clearcanvas, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2020-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-8788?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-8788 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.